2009/7/7 russbucket <[email protected]> > On Sunday 05 July 2009 04:32:14 am lynn provost wrote: > > Dear Sir, > > Whenever I try to open a document a box pops up displaying : document > > opened in read only mode so basically I am stuck. Can you help, please? > > Jan Provost. > You don't say what operating system your using, what version of open > office. > It sounds like you do not have permission to write the file, only read. Are > you click on the file in an email, as an attachment. If so save the > attachment > and then use file --> open in the writer and see if that works. > > Post results.
A work-around, until the reason for the OP's problem is found, is to copy the text of the read-only document using «Ctrl+A», and then opening a new document and copying the original text to it using «Ctrl+V». It should prove possible to edit this new document.... Henri
